A review by jacqui_des
Insurrections: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott

2.0

There were a few stories in this collection that I enjoyed - 'A Friendly Game', '202 Checkmates' and 'The legend of Ezekiel Marcus'; but I found the second half of the collection a bit tedious and I didn't enjoy some of the usual styles that were employed.

Memorable Quotes

"...the same things that make you want to kill yourself also save your life."

"Why didn't they just pull her aside, grab her, shake her, say what they had to say? Instead they whispered until whispering would no longer do."

"The peacefulness, she realized, was synonymous with vulnerability."

"Those we think of as friends, how easily they can be disposed of when it takes even the slightest effort to see them."

"It must be torment for a god to wake up normal. Not even an exceptional mortal, but barely a competent one."